Wrote this yesterday.

The intro:

β€œPeople tell disabled people to get a job. But never

how to stay in one.

How or when to explain your disabilities without losing the ability to work.

For example, this is what happened when I worked In DC for an international agency.”

Continues here:

https://twitter-thread.com/t/1593248008568594436

#DisabilityCommunity
#DisabledMastadon
#DisabledBlackTalk
#DisabledAndWorking
#LongCOVID
#LifeAfterLongCOVID

People tell disabled people to get a job. But never how to stay in one. by @Tinu(Tinu - Empress of Twerk, Thirst of My Line. 🟣)

People tell disabled people to get a job. But never how to stay in one. How or when to explain your disabilities without losing the ability to work. For example, this is what happened when I worked In DC for an international agency.

"But I suppose you earn the most social capital by telling us you want us to work beside you

then denying us what we need to be there."

@Tinu breaks down the experience of being #DisabledAndWorking:
(via Twitter)

https://twitter.com/Tinu/status/1593248008568594436?t=iA4DtRWXev3swXc2SgJARA&s=19

[ Discovered via @EbThen 's thread responding to the assertion "You can tweet, you can work", here: https://twitter.com/EbThen/status/1592924478920687618?t=dhtvwrgdxLDdShtdacqq9g&s=19 ]

Tinu - Empress of Twerk, Thirst of My Line. 🟣 on Twitter

β€œPeople tell disabled people to get a job. But never how to stay in one. How or when to explain your disabilities without losing the ability to work. For example, this is what happened when I worked In DC for an international agency.”

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